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dúsa
Old Norse · medieval
"to doze, rest, remain quiet"
meant to rest quietly or doze off
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Stage 2 of 3
dosen
Middle English · before 1640s
"to be dazed or stupefied"
surfaced as a dialect word, possibly long before its first written record
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Stage 3 of 3
doze
English · 1640s
"to sleep lightly or fitfully"
narrowed to the specific sense of drifting into light sleep
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